Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-11
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Fhs iasA suggested ita-lf IN q suene
aheFe BlIl NSs was in4rodnced 10 thsFag
sdd q he principal fonrns li11s ID tewB.
al bu1 oHe % uhn1. l1ke hinself. wss
bnrn 20 ~babbls % ereen neidsp bofors
oommsuaino lifs II Nee YoEk Ibe
fnes tkn1 pE1Einetals sFa sks magteEs q
every eEenas % life here. and that the
barn New Workers are snbordina1ed 70
shsnn. and ara q wezk and unsnecsasfni
Let, - ne stEikinQ shaa iilnaiFAtiang mai
ltply the more one tanks On Tire sub-
ssef. Dodonhlediy, IS many Of thees
5esf naaeleEinR Strangers esys The oAEa
ct part Of the LOB Of Wlnnina success u
NeU YsFk IL tas eetsiuR Of the first feet
hold. Take my own bn-iness for IN
stance. and fancy hoW diihonlf Il mast
b for . country boz % secnEe-a piact
% New YsEs paper. Ball Nyc's 10 NOS
fair ease. fox be made fame COT
81 aown before he Kot fortune II
4. and even then be vas sent fssS
70 cone 70 the city. Yet aboat
svaFy placs On every paper b Allied BE-
nan Of rural DEiRi1s Aad once % tie
pspers many Of them have forged ahead
10 eiegaied posts and ntiIi1sd thFilt and
saaarity 70 set rich ek the same fims.
Wtth ehe enEeurs-In-ehfaf thaa was tie
ease frsm Hes1so 0rtely'n time 30 The
present era with ChAslss A. Dana ana
Whiaetaw Rsid distinauisaiE z H.
AmonR The mEnaeinR editors Il has
been ths sane. Il 10 fifteen % sixteen
years sinos some eo1ntry pfinieF, visit
InR New York. SPOKE Of Q bright bog 40
eanntRy named OhssteT y. Lord. He
has been The managing editor OF the
Snn for six senEa neg And 10 well-to do.
Joseph @. Hend II came On from Ma
souri Is aboas sne Same time and weat
g rsporttna With such Bneosss that be
makes less e. postmaster and president
/ Of she board o. education than be USE
20 die out 9Th TIE point Of his pencil.
Elihu Reoe came from TIE noFthef1.
part Of tne state aa about the same time
and nov. II yea read the New York dai.
| lies, you will see hia name frequently a
chairman Of ne kepubnoAn county
oommlstes, as q aiilE-stoqkingsd Repub
lIcan end as = directsR n 8 eils-edRed
new bank that has jest bstn started
Root IL lawyer and has the income Of
Is wooId DO intsEssiirR 10 know Jus,
how each man got bis start IN New Y0Fk
| Tor shas ID ghe main point in the whole
struggle. In the newspaper business
/ knog Ono auccessful man who Sal In &
c0aatEy neWspapsF ONCE and wrote eix
articles, each IN close imitation Of TIA
style OF one OF the other Of the metre
| politan dailies. he sent The Herald
article 70 the Herald as q sample OF bI,
nfyls, tbs TFlbsss one to the Iyibass
and 90 on. he gos IN reply four iavi-
tations 20 COME on to New York. OBe
of the most successful men In the buai
ness COS bic place b. sending his piosars
with tbs remark II yon like this Aori
OF looking man, give ne place oE
your pager But most men who Gel
| places here IN any business Gene witt
some Introduction OF Recommendation
Every day see the round OF spplicsnls
in different establishments going Rwsy
1 heavy hearted. Saeh . case AZ happened
/ yesterday 10 Q rarity. A bright faced
yoath was going Gus Of the ofioe Of q
railroad ofiicial, Who said There's q
fellow know nothing about, bus ] an
gong 10 hire him. He has eot snap il
| him and means % gst ahead"
As 20 ths men Who come here to make
their own fortnnes ns their own mas.
teEe, the neld 10. Of coarse, mpoh larger
thsn the west Of any other new 4untry
A man died rich IN WilliaDsburgh last
Wetk Who made his way gathering
leaves for the butter dealers, fEaii sell
lers ana butchers Of Washington mar
kst. Thsre Is money IN locking after
merely what ~ thrown away here, o.
tnat the mere gathering OF oorks 90 the
water front Is probable us.ness
Bot u must be heroic pluck that enables
9 man to dome TO this roaring furnace
fed with youth and hope and dstrEnine
to get = living and not get burned.
A great many country boys leap inla
town from The sprtug-boafd Of fame OF
success they bsve established elsewhere.
some come 10 Gotham to rest and eBi0s
theEr declining years, like Gen. 6aer-
man, and others 90 push their fortunes
iike Joseph Puliizsr, Il anooe C3nkiinR
and Robert IneeFsoll. 10 mild degFss
sbss vas the cas- With Mr.. John A. Nc
CAN, nov controller Of the largest Of The
life Insurance. companies. He seaaz
life as the bog in zoe Once Of the insuF
ancs superintendent In AlbAnF, worked
bis way to the hezd OF the Department
and tnen quit polincs for q salary Of
10000 In the city. TIE casa OF Pres
denS OhgnnoeY ". Drpsw is very slui-
lar. he spent kis o3hood in the little
village Of Peekskili and aotnAlly ex-
peated st one time 10 be farmegl
Depsw did not know until he vas 8
grown man, bQt his f0rte was the exec
ative, The management Of men. BE
sried the old, old combination Of Law
and politics With the ultt2ato Rrana
poss1Dlltly Of some dag becoming pFesi
dent Of the Upited states and then
dyise Of disappointment like his bosoa
friend, chester A. Arthur, smother coun
try boy VINO walked over the heads Of
the New Workers., ~ toe way. Bus IL
the provicenco Of fate Per kskiiI vas on
toe line Of Commodore Vandegbilk's
railroad, and be fell in love win Onaun
cav Dsqew, 90 eveFs body else has who
kuows 1he vixssFd OF al trades, snd be
brocent him 70 Nee York, where be
nos earns $4,000 year. aud literally
suaya the eociAi para and 20 some tx-
tent the buGiness third Of togp, precise
u a. tue once barefoot coaatEy hos,
AbEAm 3. Hewitt. rules she of1icial part
The oBig man Who ever suo0teded 10
sending New York backward q step was
Q eonnsrymAn originally. His mace y
". y. Allep, aud ne 10 The inventor If
she neu system OF standard tiaas vhish
turped back tbe banda OF our clocks
He ediss NE 0flefsi Raiiisfy Gsiis. u =
sort Of . peFpstoaa Secretary % the i'm
postant TaiiSay conSenlioBs. 10 6ouF-
taolpg financially, and probably really
shInka himself . New foFker-and %
b 10 By adoption. bnt II be bad been
Gus ny birth ne woald be CLERK Ia
Gors OF . tsleeFaph operator OF shs